341. Samuel Johnson gave more than ________ cooperation to his biographer, James Boswell; he made himself available to Boswell night after night, furnished Boswell with correspondence, even read his biographer’s notes. + Q2 J: `& U! ?. x5 p
(A) innocuous (B) collusive
7 s3 E. U; l% l: X! Z2 u4 O (C) tacit (D) edifying 2 ^8 u1 ~# z" P# @; U3 N3 @# B
(E) diplomatic 7 D' J1 o) q0 A s) X
; B, b, W$ ^: R- r342. Satisfied that her name had been ________ , she dropped her libel suit after the newspaper finally published a ________ of its original defamatory statement. % g4 e' B( n0 f5 o3 a
(A) praised ... summary
" ^* f( J4 H) h1 n. x" K (B) maligned ... glossary
3 w2 {$ @# P+ T- q8 `3 _ (C) vindicated ... repetition
- |2 ]) `4 j' _6 L (D) enhanced ... reaffirmation
* Y) M5 g( m0 g (E) cleared ... retraction 9 M) m2 i+ A& d0 B8 G$ C8 w8 Z
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343. Science is always ________ , expecting that modifications of its present theories will sooner or later be found necessary.
6 K2 z" @, C2 R! R' s (A) conclusive
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(C) original
, A; Z: q6 ^ Q) i m l7 ? (D) tentative
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. x! R3 D% {- n% m9 v344. Science progresses by building on what has come before; important findings thus form the basis of ________ experiments. 9 L# J" [1 H8 I6 R# O5 P" T" ^
(A) gradual
2 x1 F' \4 C' r* E3 M (B) subsequent : n1 j- M- ^" o( e$ f* l9 i
(C) ingenious ! H8 n: {3 K8 o* a3 C0 V
(D) repetitive
! b& r) `7 p3 p- t8 e, y0 s (E) perfunctory
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8 e: P( L5 f0 a# X2 ?345. Shakespeare’s reference to clocks in "Julius Caesar" is an example of ________ ’ that is, it is chronologically out of place.
4 T: s3 L" O( z6 Q a7 S (A) timeliness 9 A% o) H# Q% a5 R! l
(B) antiquarianism : L q! Y p" R) v7 D- l3 h4 O% r
(C) anachronism 8 }. ?7 R* ^' h/ j; }
(D) synchronization % g. F$ z+ x* F" O: w% v& J
(E) ignorance
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